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Carcharhinus signatus (Poey, 1868)

Night shark
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Guatemala country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hacohen-Domené, A., F. Polanco-Vásquez, C. Estupiñan-Montaño and R.T. Graham, 2020
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes(গণ , প্রজাতি ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

ইলাসমোব্রাঙ্কি (হাঙ্গর এবং রে) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
Etymology: Carcharhinus: karcharos (Gr.), sharp or jagged; rhinus, an ancient name for sharks, from rhine (Gr.), rasp, both words alluding to a shark's jagged, rasp-like skin. (See ETYFish);  signatus: Latin for marked, probably referring to indentation on outer margins of upper teeth (described from jaws only). (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range বাস্তুসংস্থান

সামুদ্রিক সমুদতলে ভাসমান বেনথোপেলাজিক; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 0 - 600 m (Ref. 244), usually 50 - 100 m (Ref. 244).   Subtropical; 11°C - 16°C (Ref. 244); 39°N - 43°S, 98°W - 15°E (Ref. 55190)

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Western Atlantic: Delaware to Florida (USA), Bahamas, and Cuba; southern Brazil, Argentina (Ref. 244). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana to Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, off northern Namibia (Ref. 244, 5578).

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: Lm 202.5, range 150 - 205 cm
Max length : 280 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 244); common length : 200 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 26999); সবের্াচ্চ প্রকাশিত ওজন : 76.7 kg (Ref. 40637)

Short description সনাক্তকারী নির্দেশক | বহিঃ অঙ্গ সংস্থান | মরফোমেট্রিক্স

পৃষ্ঠীয় কাঁটা (মোট ) : 0; পায়ূ কাঁটা : 0. A slim shark with a very long, pointed snout, large eyes, and small jaws with oblique-cusped serrated upper teeth; dorsal fins low with elongated rear tips; interdorsal ridge present (Ref. 5578). Grey-brown above, white below; no conspicuous fin markings (Ref. 5578).

জীববিজ্ঞান     শব্দকোষ (উদাহরণ স্বরূপ epibenthic)

Coastal and semi-oceanic species found on or along outer continental and insular shelves (Ref. 244). Found to depths of 40 m (Ref. 26938). Forms schools (Ref. 244). Nocturnal (Ref. 5578), and feeding mainly on small bony fishes and squid (Ref. 244). Viviparous (Ref. 50449). Off West Africa, recorded water parameters at 90 to 285 m, where it was caught includes: temperature = 11 to 16°C; salinity = 36 ppt; oxygen = 1.81 ml/l (Ref. 244). Not known to be dangerous to people (Ref. 244).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | প্রজনন | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | শুককীট

Viviparous, placental (Ref. 50449), with 4 to 12 young in a litter (Ref. 244). Size at birth about 60 cm (Ref. 244). Distinct pairing with embrace (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | সূত্র সংখ্যা | সমম্বয়কারী : Compagno, Leonard J.V. | সহযোগী

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Endangered (EN) (A2bd); Date assessed: 21 June 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 244)




Human uses

মৎস্য: বাণিজ্যিক
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.8 - 27, mean 21.7 (based on 178 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00292 - 0.00715), b=3.08 (2.96 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (Ref. 69278):  4.6   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
স্থিতিস্থাপক (Ref. 120179):  অত্যন্ত কম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১৪ বৎসর (tm=8-10; Fec=4; Tmax=17; K=0.12).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.